Open Source Arts

Open Source Arts provides a creative and flexible space on Kirkstall Road in Leeds for artists, performers, makers, community groups and creative businesses. Our resource centre supports a wide range of creative activity, with facilities for making, practising, performing, training and hosting events. We offer a dance studio, performance spaces, artist studios, manufacturing workshops and a café kitchen, alongside meeting and community spaces. Our venue can be hired for one-off events including fundraisers, gigs, meetings, workshops and community activities. We also support exhibitions, performances, creative projects and collaborative events, with facilities including a sprung oak dance floor, aerial rigging points, sound equipment, manufacturing facilities and free Wi-Fi. Our commercial kitchen can support catering for events, while our team provides a practical and welcoming environment for creative and community-led activities. The venue is located at Aire Place Mills, opposite the ITV Yorkshire studios and close to Leeds city centre.